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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Pranksters Assure Guam Ukrainian Missiles Sold to N. Korea Too Faulty to Fly

Pranksters Assure Guam Ukrainian Missiles Sold to N. Korea Too Faulty to Fly

Wednesday 10 January 2018
Russian pranksters called the governor of Guam posing as the Ukrainian PM and “admitted” Kiev had supplied Pyongyang with missile technology. They “reassured” him, however, that the rockets were too defective to pose a threat. Russian pranksters called the governor of Guam posing as the Ukrainian PM ...
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Londoners to Rally against Saudi Crown Prince Visit to UK

Londoners to Rally against Saudi Crown Prince Visit to UK

Wednesday 28 February 2018 ،
Arms Trade (CAAT) and Stop the War Coalition, which counts Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott among their patrons, Sky News reported on Wednesday. The activists have urged the premier to “show some backbone” over Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations and end Britain’s arms ...
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Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman Welcomed by Protests in London

Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman Welcomed by Protests in London

Wednesday 7 March 2018 ،
Arms Trade (CAAT) are calling for pickets outside Downing Street during all three days of Bin Salman’s visit, which are expected to attract large numbers of protesters. “The UK has armed and supported the terrible war since day one, and there is no doubt that arms sale ...
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Trump’s Plan for Palestine to ‘Ruin Everything’ Gained from Previous Efforts: Russian FM

Trump’s Plan for Palestine to ‘Ruin Everything’ Gained from Previous Efforts: Russian FM

Wednesday 13 February 2019 ،
Russia is concerned with US President’s so-called “deal of the century”, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, warning that it will “ruin everything” gained from previous efforts regarding the so-called Middle East peace process, and will fail to fully guarantee a Palestinian state based on the 1967 ...
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UK Licensed $7.6bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-Led Coalition amid Yemen Aggression

UK Licensed $7.6bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-Led Coalition amid Yemen Aggression

Wednesday 21 August 2019 ،
Arms Trade (CAAT) reported that the UK government licensed $7.6bn worth of arms to the members of the Saudi-led coalition that has been waging a brutal war against Yemen since 2015. Alwaght- Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) reported that the UK government licensed $7.6bn worth of arms to the m ...
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Pentagon Chiefs Fight Wars to Keep Arms Dealers Healthy: Trump

Pentagon Chiefs Fight Wars to Keep Arms Dealers Healthy: Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the Pentagon and military-industrial complex launch wars to hand billions of dollars to arms makers and keep them "happy". Alwaght- US President Donald Trump said Monday that the Pentagon and military-industrial complex launch wars to hand billions of dolla ...
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Defense Independence in Saudi Vision 2030: Goals, Plans

Defense Independence in Saudi Vision 2030: Goals, Plans

Wednesday 24 February 2021 ،
Arms trade is the largest commerce branch in the world. Charity organization Oxfam estimates that the arms trade touched $360 billion in 2019. West Asia’s share of the global arms trade has risen 61 percent in the past five years compared to the five years before. The US remains the world' ...
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UK’s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia 3 Times Higher Than Previously Thought: Report

UK’s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia 3 Times Higher Than Previously Thought: Report

Thursday 15 July 2021 ،
Arms Trade, which conducted the research, stated, “The use of Open Licenses covers up the real extent of the UK arms trade and makes it impossible to know what quantities of weapons are being sold around the world.” “UK-made fighter jets, bombs and missiles have had a devastating ...
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China Warns of ‘Unimaginable Consequences’ of Forcing Nuclear Power into a Corner

China Warns of ‘Unimaginable Consequences’ of Forcing Nuclear Power into a Corner

Sunday 20 March 2022 ،
China insists on a political solution to Ukraine crisis and addressing Russian security concerns. Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said that globalization should not be “weaponized” while military bloc politics must be “rejected,” a day after US President Joe Biden warned his ...
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Syria’s Daraa Under Govt. Focus, Army Preparing for Full Recapture Operation

Syria’s Daraa Under Govt. Focus, Army Preparing for Full Recapture Operation

Wednesday 3 May 2023 ،
The Syrian government seeks to recapture the whole Daraa to cleans the city of terrorists and drugs cartels. Alwaght- Though war in Syria has ended over the past few years and the government re-exerted sovereignty over a majority of territories it initially lost to terrorists, there are some parts o ...

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